#495A9D#495A9D

#495A9D is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.109 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#495A9D
RGB	rgb(73, 90, 157)
HSL	hsl(228, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(228, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 42.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 13.44, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 40.85, 289.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.0021 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.109 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.4876, 11.1623, 33.3883)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#495A9D #9D8C49

analogous

#49849D #495A9D #62499D

triadic

#495A9D #9D495A #5A9D49

tetradic

#495A9D #9D4984 #9D8C49 #499D62

square

#495A9D #9D4984 #9D8C49 #499D62

split-complementary

#495A9D #9D6249 #849D49

monochromatic

#222A49 #364273 #495A9D #6A7ABA #939FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#495A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#495A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #495A9D

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##495A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##495A9D	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E62A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#355A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#216874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #495a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 90, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.109 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8288ba',
    500: '#495a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #495a9d;
$custom-light: #8288ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#495a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.857,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48638,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#495A9D

secondary

#B9AF89

accent

#B65BCD

background

#F8F8FB

surface

#EFEFF6

border

#CACAD0

text

#0B0B11

muted

#7C7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #495A9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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